Global Citizenship

Prof. Ruben Mazzei

MEXICO , FEBRUARY 2014

Introduction to international learning
 Global learning
KNOW WOULD LIKE TO LEARNED
KNOW
WHY ARE WE INTERESTED IN INTERNATIONAL LEARNING?
What are the challenges?
 WHAT ARE WE ALREDADY DOING?

• School
• Curriculum (across subjects)
• Classroom
• Extra-curricular activities
• Community
Enriching education
What is global citizenship?
 Global citizenship themes
• Identity and belonging
• Fairness and equality

• Rights and responsibilities

• Sustainable living

• Conflict and peace

 Global citizenship outlooks

• Positive sense of identity

• Open to new ideas
• Sense of interdependence
• Desire to make a difference
• Commitment to rights and responsibilities
• Commitment to peace
• Commitment to justice
• Commitment to sustainability
 Global citizenship skills

• Self awareness
• Empathy
• Conflict resolution
• Creative thinking
• Critical thinking
• Collaborating
• Communicating
• Taking action
Culture in a box
Global themes: Identity and Belonging

Global skills: Empathy, Self awareness

Global outlooks: Open to new ideas, Positive sense

of identity
Farming, food, and fair trade
Global themes: Fairness and Equality

Global skills: Communicating, Critical thinking

Global outlooks: Commitment to justice, Commitment to

sustainability, Sense of interdependence
Intercultural practice – taking it further
Italy vs. Europe
 Global learning
KNOW WOULD LIKE TO LEARNED
KNOW
Identity and culture

The term ‘culture’ refers to the language, beliefs, values and

norms, customs, dress, diet, roles, knowledge and skills,
and all the other things that people learn that make up the
‘way of life’ of any society. Culture is passed on from one
generation to the next through the process of socialization.
Although there are many aspects of everyday life which
are shared by most members of society, there are different
conceptions and definitions of culture within this general
approach.
Browne, K. (2008). Sociology for AS AQA. London: Polity Press.
Identity and culture

Identity is about how individuals or groups see and define

themselves, and how other individuals or groups see and
define them. Identity is formed through the socialization
process and the influence of social institutions like the
family, the education system and the mass media.
Deeper understanding of global citizenship
Global citizenship revisited
• THEMES

• SKILLS

• OUTLOOKS
HOW DO I VIEW THE WORLD?
Joaquín Torres García, “América invertida” Uruguay, 1943
We see a Global Citizen as someone who:
is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world
citizen;
• respects and values diversity;
• has an understanding of how the world works economically,
politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally;
• is outraged by social injustice;
• participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels
from local to global;
• is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place;
• takes responsibility for their actions.
(Oxfam 1997)
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/gc/what_and_why/what/
VISUAL LITERACY
 Popular global citizenship techniques

• Philosophy for children

• Ranking activities
• Value lines
• Development compass rose
• Drama
• Images
• “Mystery” activities
• Cooperative games
 PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN

To generate questions, a good stimulus is

needed. This can be:

• A picture
• An object
• A story
• A video clip
Video clip: Veni vidi vici
 P4C

For more examples and lesson plans visit:

http://cor.to/nSmL (Oxfam and SAPERE)

www.sapere.org.uk
www.p4c.org.nz
 Picture the Global Dimension
Suggestions for class activities using a range of
‘global’ pictures
www.globaldimension.org.uk/pictures
 OVER TO YOU
What have you learnt? List at least two
items.

What themes, outlooks will you take to the

classroom?

Will you be using any of the techniques

discussed?
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

GLOBAL EDUCATION

GLOBAL LEARNING
Intercultural competence and global citizenship

Connecting Classrooms is a good meeting point for

schools from different cultures to interact collaboratively
by bringing international learning into their classes to
develop intercultural fluency.
Our partnership journey
 THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION!